Ralph Michaels
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75% RUN • MLB RL GAME OF WEEK!
RUN LINE GAME OF THE WEEK • ONLY 4th MLB 4% BEST BET IN 11 DAYS • 75% RUN RUN LINE BEST BETS!
•• MLB 4% Best Bets are 30-16 (65.2%) since April 13th and he has only has three in the last 11 days!
•• MLB 4% Best Bet side plays are 11-4 (73.3%) and 4% Run Line plays are cashing at a 75% clip!
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Hot Streaks
NFL PRE L8Y 65.4% & 75.5% ON PLAYS 4% & 5%!
5% PLAYS ARE ON A 9-4 (69.2%) RUN!
MLB PLAYS 4% & HIGHER ARE 30-15 (66.7%)!
37-20 (64.9%) RUN - ALL PLAYS 4% & HIGHER!
NFL SIDES 49-30-1 (62%) THE L2Y!
ALL TOTALS/ ALL SPORTS 61.8% SINCE APRIL 24!
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75% RUN • MLB RL GAME OF WEEK!
RUN LINE GAME OF THE WEEK • ONLY 4th MLB 4% BEST BET IN 11 DAYS • 75% RUN RUN LINE BEST BETS!
•• MLB 4% Best Bets are 30-16 (65.2%) since April 13th and he has only has three in the last 11 days!
•• MLB 4% Best Bet side plays are 11-4 (73.3%) and 4% Run Line plays are cashing at a 75% clip!
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#1 NFL PRE - 65.4% SINCE 2015!
Ralph is the WagerTalk NFL Preseason all-time leader, posting a record of 68-36-1 (65.4%)!
He is 67.3% (68-33-1) on plays rated 3% and higher and 75.5% (40-13-1) on plays 4% & 5%!
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THE 2024 WAGERTALK DRAFT GUIDE
THE 2024 WAGERTALK DRAFT GUIDE
Most fans are excited about the draft on how it helps their favorite NFL team but knowing what each team lost is even more important. Ralph uses a one to eight points weighted grading system quantifying what each team lost.
Ranks for each conference plus school ranks by points lost, alphabetically and by individual conferences.
The SEC was the top conference again with 50 players drafted and 190 points lost.
Week 0 and Week #1 CFB Schedule
Week 0 and Week #1 CFB Schedule
Includes line and totals from Cira Las Vegas on Wednesday June 26th.
Print and track the line moves as well as use there schedule for notes.
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THE PLAY: 1I Total Under 0.5 (-110) S Manaea (LHP), L Ortiz (LHP) Must Start
(955) New York Mets at (956) Pittsburgh Pirates
1I Total Under 0.5 (-110) S Manaea (LHP), L Ortiz (LHP) Must Start
Simply playing two teams that are significant NRFi streaks.
The Mets have the current longest streak with 8 straight NRFI.
Pittsburgh is on a 6 game NRFI streak and have not scored a first inning run in 9 games.
THE PLAY: Arizona -30.0 (-110)
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Saturday August 31st
#182 3% Arizona -30 New Mexico
The Wildcats are in a unique situation as they lost their coach yet every starter post bowl that said they were returning did. They have 4 starters including their best 3 players all played together in high school and they kept the unit together. Arizona went from 1-11, to 5-7 to 10-3 LY with the 3 losses by 2, 7 and 7 points as a 21, 20 and 9 pt dog. Arizona was #17 in yards per play diff and they return 15 starters and are #28 in returning production. Fifta and McMillian may be the conference's best QB/WR duo. Wildcats were a fav of -14+ twice LY and they covered both by 10 PPG. New OC Babers likes to play as fast as anyone, and he was #12 & #7 in plays per game his first two years are BG and #7 and #1 his first two years at Syracuse. This is the national Saturday Night Espn game and they have Northern Arizona at home on deck.
New Mexico is #124 in returning production with only 9 returning starters as three offensive starters being 2 WR’s and a TE that does not bode well for a rush attack to try and shorten the game. New HC Mendenhall has his work cut out for him. While a new coach certainly may treat this huge lined games differently the Lobos have gone 0-8 ATS as a dog of +24 and higher.
How have big favorite done week #1 (-24 and higher)?
Since 2014 they are 52.9% ATS but...
Versus VCS foes they are 112-107-5 (51.1%)
Versus FBS teams they are 56-40 (58.3%) and 42-21-2 (66.7%) ATS as a favorite of -28 and higher.
THE PLAY: OVER 10.5 (-110) Georgia Regular Season Wins
Georgia Regular Season Wins 2024
2% OVER 10.5 (-110) Georgia Regular Season Wins (posted June 19th)
Georgia comes into this season with 39 STRAIGHT regular season wins. The Bulldogs were #3 in yards per play diff (+2.49). Georgia returns 13 starters which is as many as any from the L4Y (11-13-10-13). A veteran OL with 4 starters who have made 70 career starts and a senior QB who threw for 3,941 yards and is the Heisman favorite (odds-wise). Add that to a coaching staff that reruns its HC, OC and DC. Georgia is #29 in retuning production and had the #1 recruiting class.
My numbers project the Bulldogs to be a favorite in every game and a favorite of 16+ in 9 of those games. In the three games as a single-digit favorite they play #1) Bama with revenge (have gone 12-1 ATS in that role) and they play that team with a new QB and #98 in retuning production early in the season. #2) Prior to Texas they host Miss St as a 5 TD favorite while the Longhorns play the Red River Rivalry. #3) They face Ole Miss after a bye week and Florida while REberls play Oklahoma and a road game at Arkansas.
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Consultant Bio
Ralph was raised in the home of handicappers in Cleveland, Ohio. Starting in the industry as a key member of Phil Steele's early team, which expanded Northcoast Sports during the mid-90s. Ralph's personal following grew fast, allowing him to strike out on his own as the founder of California Sports. Over the next dozen years as General Manager of Phil Steele Publications and lead handicapper of Northcoast Sports, Ralph managed the creation of some of the most popular sports betting content ever, including Phil Steele's College Football Preview Magazine and Northcoast's Power Sweep Newsletter. Content displaying expertise so elite that Ralph was invited into college football's most exclusive club: Heisman Trophy Voter
Ralph Michaels has a math mind, steadily searching for a value in the numbers in addition to matchup edges, situational advantages, and hidden gems of information. Ralph finds more big bets in the college versions of football and basketball, but his handicapping approach also uncovers selective winners in the professional leagues like MLB. Small conferences are particularly profitable due to mispriced injuries and his profiling of exploitable coaching tendencies.
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